Materials Used and Produced in the Wool and Mohair Factories

Overview:

Welcome to our Pilot Learning Programme:  Materials used and produced in the wool and mohair factories

Before we get started, please read through the information below.

Time Frame:

The due date for completion of tasks and activities for this learning programme is:   Monday, 30 November 2020

Learning Programme Purpose:

The purpose of this Learning Programme is to help you develop and consolidate your knowledge, skills and values about your work.

  • In Part 1, we are going to discuss our Personal Development
  • In Part 2, you will learn more about:
  • How the mohair and wool industries started in South Africa.
  • Raw materials used in the manufacturing of wool and mohair.
  • The different mohair and wool products produced and how they are used.
  • The handling and storage of mohair and wool.
  • The importance of sustaining our environment and ethical practices that should be followed in the factory.

Before you continue, make sure you have the following at hand:

Your Participant Handbook
Your Participant Workbook
Pen and paper

This pilot learning programme is offered by Siyawela-Ready to Succeed in partnership with Ethical Trade Norway and Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation).  This programme has been specially designed to meet your needs as factory workers in the wool and mohair industries.

Siyawela is offering this online platform as an alternative to onsite workshops during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click here to view Video 1:  Welcome 

Before we start learning new knowledge about our work, it is important to learn something about ourselves too. In this video, Siyawela’s Director of Client Relations, Kathy Balshaw, gives a message on how to cope in uncertain times.  Kathy reminds us that it is important to pause to reflect and to think about how we are feeling.  She provides us with a few words, all starting with a “P”, that can help us through:  Personal, Pattern, Purpose, Sense of Person & Professional

Click here to view Video 2:  Coping in uncertain times

    Introduction

    This pilot learning programme is offered by Siyawela-Ready to Succeed in partnership with Ethical Trade Norway and Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation).  This programme has been specially designed to meet your needs as factory workers in the wool and mohair industries.

    Siyawela is offering this online platform as an alternative to onsite workshops during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Welcome

    Click here to view Video 1:  Welcome 

    Part 1: Personal Development (Well-being)

    Before we start learning new knowledge about our work, it is important to learn something about ourselves too. In this video, Siyawela’s Director of Client Relations, Kathy Balshaw, gives a message on how to cope in uncertain times.  Kathy reminds us that it is important to pause to reflect and to think about how we are feeling.  She provides us with a few words, all starting with a “P”, that can help us through:  Personal, Pattern, Purpose, Sense of Person & Professional

    Click here to view Video 2:  Coping in uncertain times

    Section A: The History of Mohair and Wool in South Africa

    Section B: Raw materials, identification codes and characteristics

    Section C: End products and their uses

    Section D: The handling and storage of materials

    Section E: Ethical and sustainable practices

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